Rated 6/10
February 20, 2026
HL: "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Mama", "Famous Last Words"
My penchant for bombastic rock of the 2000s (Green Day, Muse, The Darkness), as well as the 'title track', led me to believe I would enjoy MCR more than I did.
My sincere apologies to scene kids, both past and present.
I didn't know "Teenagers" was by them, so that's neat! It's annoying as hell, but that doesn't equal a bad song per se
The last Alex Harvey, Next!, was on the OG list- 826/1089 in my own generator journey- and no I do not have any strong feelings pertaining to it, though it seems I enjoyed it from my short review. I never would have expected him or his Sensational band to resurface on this website, though!
-Alright, off to a decent start. Bluesy ("Soul in Chains")
-"The Tale of the Giant Stoneater" is batshit, best song so far
-God I need the full Cabaret soundtrack sung by the Alex Harvey band after that title track
Bold mash of genres, though like Next!, it's an inconsistent album, buoyed by some neat guitar lines and Alex's inimitable brogue.
Don't love it, but I respect it
HL: "The Tale of the Giant Stoneater", "Shark Teeth", title track
March 6, 2026
Rated 8/10
February 22, 2026
HL: "I Must Be High", "Casino Queen", "That's Not the Issue", "Should Have Been In Love"
What I keep having to remind myself is that there's the *CANON*, and then there's everyone else's version of the canon. As someone who means to check out more Wilco, I have saved titles like Summerteeth and Sky Blue Sky for future listening, ones that seem to show up on other greatest album lists. Never have I paid attention to Wilco's debut album, until it appeared on this generator right now.
This reminds me a lot of Being There, but their influences are even more apparent here (Big Star, the Stones, Flying Burritos). It's also only one disc as opposed to two, so that's something!
The thing is I really liked Being There, almost as much as Mermaid Ave and YHF. They can really pull off that 90s alt-country that I like more than most country subgenres. So if I'm being honest, I'm leaning closer to a 4 than a 3 with this one. But I'm not pleased about it!
Shoulda been some Blue Rodeo here instead >:0
Rated 6/10
-It's CanCon, but not CanCon I've ever properly listened to before. I didn't realize Dave Matthews Band and Matthew Good Band were different things until recently.
-Well it's almost midnight, so why the hell not
-You're listening to 92.1 CITI-FM, where we play rock, rock and more rock. We got Three Days Grace*, Load-era Metallica, but up next, here's mandatory Canadian content "Hello Time Bomb" by the Matthew Good Band
(I'm not trying to be mean, I really like "Hello Time Bomb". Didn't know what it was called, or who sang it, before tonight.)
-If you miss new wave, then where are the synths, you poser
-"Load Me Up" is another song I recognize. Thought it was by Our Lady Peace. The BODIES- I mean, the vocals are less annoying than Our Lady Peace
-saucy little monkey boy is not a phrase I expected to hear on this album
-really liked the build in "Born to Kill"
-alright, so Beautiful Midnight isn't really my thing, born out of a period of rock music I never really cared for. With the kind of rock albums that received acclaim and high sales, it's a wonder the genre survived as long as it did. However, there are enough good songs, as well as nice moments in okay songs, to carry this to a 6/10
HL: "Hello Time Bomb", "Suburbia", "Born to Kill"
February 25, 2026
*That's who's literally playing, on CITI FM, as I type this. Three Days Grace
Rated 6/10
Not first listen :0
Melt My Eyez is an example of an album I like, but want to love >:0
I think Curry is a talented vocalist, and the production is pretty excellent (jumping between tried and true boom-bap and more modern trap beatz), but the excitement from the first third wanes into a more temperate experience, barring the explosive “Zatoichi”.
The guests could maybe use quality control; I’m not a big fan of 6LACK’s hook in “Ain’t No Way”, but I always welcome a Rico Nasty guest spot.
454 doesn’t really add anything to “Sanjuro”, but I liked Buzzy Lee’s feature in “John Wayne” (whoever Buzzy is)
Two of my favourite moments, “Mental” and “The Smell of Death”, are way too damn short
All that to say, this might be a 7/10 for now, unless something clicks and I see the light, or whatever
HL: “Walkin” (maybe one of my favourite rap cuts of the 2020s), “Mental”, “X-Wing”, “Zatoichi”
I've previously listened to Thank God For Mental Illness at a friend's recommendation, which I quite liked even though half the album is this weirdo hodge-podge called "Sound of Confusion". I've also heard good things about their album, Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request. What gets me is those two albums and this, Take It From the Man, were all released in 1996. I thought heroin made you less productive, dog!
You know, I might like this one a little less than Mental Illness, even though there's some magic to be found in their aping of 60's rock tropes (see below). The "Sympathy for the Devil"/"Hey Jude" knockoff at the end is funny
3.5/5
HL: “Who?”, “Since I Was Six”, “Straight Up and Down”, “Fucker”
March 4, 2026
Rated 6/10
M A N S U N
I had no idea who they were until some hoser put their album Six on this very website, but I'm excited to hear more of their stuff.
Update: idk, I figured I'd enjoy this more than I did. While it can be fun, and all the elements for a rockin' good time are there, I had to replay parts of the album because they went in one ear and straight out the other. Kind of reminds me of Dog Man Star by Suede, where I listened to it, thought "yes, this is objectively good music that is up my alley", but then only rated it a 3
HL: "Taxloss", "Who Do You Hate?", "Stripper Vicar", "Dark Mavis"
March 5, 2026
Rated 6/10
TFW when u wanted to add My Morning Jacket's Z, but someone added Z so ur Plan B... is to add Z
Okay, It Still Moves is pretty well represented. "I Will Sing You Songs" and "One Big Holiday" sound pretty great here. Maybe I'm just Jacket-ed out right now, but I recall liking "Mahgeetah", "Run Thru" and "Steam Engine" more in the studio.
And the tracks from 2005's Z are nothing to sniff at, even if they sound pretty close to the studio version to me. No notes for the live version of "Wordless Chorus", "Gideon", even "Anytime".
I haven't heard MMJ's earliest two albums, Tennessee Fire or At Dawn, but they also have a smattering of songs here. "Xmas Curtain" is pretty good, never heard that before
Jim James's voice sounds strained at times, but in a good rock-and-roll way, not as in "call an ambulance" way
Ultimately, my liking of My Morning Jacket is tempered by the fact that it's another live album over 2 hours long, not long after the 2 hours of live Springsteen. (srsly where do u fuckers get off)
However, this band should have been on the original list, so I can't be too mad...
March 19, 2026
Rated 8/10
February 16, 1026
HL: title track, “WHATCHUTALKINABOUT”, “BOYHOOD”, “FREEDOM”
Rated 10/10
Not 1st listen
I award you 0 points based on the fact that Queen has several great albums on the original list, but also this bangs and everyone should listen to it
HL: “Tie Your Mother Down”, “You Take My Breath Away”, “Millionaire’s Waltz”, “Somebody to Love”, “Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy”, “Teo Torriate”
Rated 8/10
February 19, 2026
HL: "Am I Wry? No", "Symmetry", "She Spider", "Comforting Sounds"
Alright, I admit it. I love "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol. And "The Scientist" by Coldplay. And after today, "Comforting Sounds" by Mew.
As much as I hate to weight a rating based on a single song, that finale probably shifts Frengers from a respectable 7/10 to an 8. Because otherwise this is an album of great melodies and shoegazy-pop atmosphere, but it does start to meander a bit before the end. Actually I'd lump in "Christmas" and "She Spider" as the moment where the album picks up again.
Denmark, what else are you hiding?
Rated 6/10
Not an artist I've paid attention to before today. If I travel back to the ancient time of April, 2024, the only new-ish albums I paid attention to were Cowboy Carter (Beyonce) and A La Sala (Khruangbin). Important context of that time is that I was single-mindedly going through the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die; you might have heard of it ;)
I guess I remember her name being on Noah Kahan's recent-ish album, Stick Season. I was kinda dismissive of that album despite (or due to?) it being a rehash of the folk-pop ("Ho!") I loved so well during high school ("Hey!")
So far, this agrees with me more, though track 2, "Come Down Soon", had me worried this would be another War on Drugs copy. The harmonies in "Staying", smart woodwinds in "All Falls Down" and the triumphant build at the end of "I Guess" are possible indicators of a good-ass album.
The bulk of the songs are delivered slow n' sparse, so those moments stand out all the more. I felt the second half of the album start to drag, despite containing some of the best vocal performances.
I must downgrade my initial impression of a good-ASS album, to *just* a good album.
HL: "All Falls Down", "I Guess", "March", "Drunk, Running"
February 18, 2026
February 18, 2026
HL: "Rejoice", "Bad Bad Luck", "A Song Dedicated to the Memory of Stormy the Rabbit", "People II: The Reckoning"
When you only booked the studio for one hour and the drummer is 30 minutes late
As slapdash as this album is, I really enjoyed it. If this is AJJ's highest point, that'd be a little unfortunate, but I'm not sure that the bright energy and humour on display would necessarily improve with longer songs and better production.
From my Can-eh-dian point of view, "Stormy the Rabbit" sounds like a parody of the Weakerthans
Rated 8/10
February 13, 2026
HL: “Tryouts For the Human Race”, title track, “La Dolce Vita”, “Beat the Clock”
This is Sparks 4.5 for me. After Kimono My House, Propaganda, Lil Beethoven- and that half, FFS, a collab with Franz Ferdinand.
The Sparks documentary definitely shed light on why Sparks aren’t for everyone, but also as someone who already is predisposed to weird artpop shit, to never say no to one of their albums.
I guess I didn’t seek out No. 1 In Heaven before now because their foray into Giorgio Moroder’s world (see: Bad Girls) sounded like trend-chasing to me. After all, they were far from the only 70s band to try out disco and/or new wave.
Well, I hate to eat crow, but I guess Sparks can do dance music without losing their personality.
It helps that both Sparks and Moroder aren’t afraid to throw in leftfield elements- for instance, the chaotic synths and ominous lyrics appearing in “The Number One Song In Heaven”- to keep it from sounding to much like their contemporaries.
Rated 6/10
Never had I imagined what Microsoft Sam scat-singing would sound like
HL: "Shpongle Spores", "Divine Moments of Truth"
February 17, 2026
Rated 10/10
Not first listen
A sheep and a GOAT
I actually don’t know this album as well as, say, Band on the Run, but it remains very fun even with the odd disposable track like “3 Legs” and “Eat at Home”. Heck, the former has that coda that almost sounds like a Beck track from 1996.
“Ram On” is like “Junk” from the previous McCartney (1970), in that it seems kinda lightweight and unfinished, but the melody is so nice I just want to listen to it on repeat
Though not a true album, 1001 already kinda set a precedent by allowing Birth of the Cool, a Miles Davis comp. featuring songs mainly recorded in the 40s-- even though the book is meant to cover 1955 onward. So hell yeah, we're going to the 20s! 🎺🎺🎺
Avoiding being distracted by the degraded audio quality is a challenge (which is rich coming from the guy who put a Caretaker album on here), but memorable tunes like “St James Infirmary” and “West End Blues” elevate this assortment beyond just being an important historic artifact
Rated 6/10
7/10
Still not a Dolly superfan, but her + bluegrass are a pretty nice mix. Favourite track might be her cover of “Silver Dagger”, though the title track is up there
Rated 4/10
If I were to sum up my feelings for this album it’s “Shut the fuck up. Please, shut the fuck up”.
Rhythm section deserves a legacy Grammy or something, though
Old-timey samples are neat, but found that aside from a few examples (Bus to Beelzebub), they didn’t really blend with the jazz club-cum-ska punk-cum-whatever they were going for here
5/10
Rated 10/10
January 29, 2026
Time to go further Into the Pattonverse than I have to date!
Both Angel Dust and The Real Thing, by Patton's former band Faith No More, are albums I probably wouldn't have listened to without this website, but they were pretty good.
Funny how I just heard "Retrovertigo" for the first time just last week when my friend put it on,
Edit: qu'est ce-que fuck
I guess that lounge bonus track from The Real Thing wasn't a joke after all. Or this is all one big joke. Either way, more jokes like this please!
I kept waiting for this cartoonish fever dream to get too obnoxious for my tastes, but aside from that abrasive beep ending "Pink Cigarette", that never came to pass.
California takes the dark surrealism of the Residents and makes something somehow palatable. And mixing hard rock of the 90s with doo-wop and space age pop, to boot!
Maybe I'm just in a good mood, but this gets a 5 today
HL: "Sweet Charity", "Retrovertigo", "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare", "Pink Cigarette", "The Holy Filament"
